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RACKABLE
SYSTEMS ADOPTS LOW-POWER AMD OPTERON™ PROCESSORS
- Systems to reduce heat and improve total cost of ownership
in the data center -
SUPERCOMPUTING CONFERENCE, PHOENIX, Nov.
18, 2003 - Rackable
Systems, a leading provider of large-scale data center server solutions,
today announced plans to incorporate the new line of low-wattage
AMD Opteron™
processors into its server designs. Rackable Systems' built-to-order
compute servers will be available with 55- and 30-watt AMD Opteron
100-, 200- and 800-series processors when the models become available
in 2004. Adoption of the new chips complements Rackable Systems'
expanding suite of more power efficient and thermally optimized offerings — such
as the Distributed DC Power technology introduced today — designed
to reduce heat and improve reliability in complex data center environments.
Rackable Systems is seeing strong and
increasing demand in 64-bit server platforms, including its AMD Opteron-based
systems. Rackable Systems will enable its customers to select the
new low-power AMD Opteron processors next year in the company's patented
back-to-back rack mount servers, which provide doubled CPU density,
improved serviceability and superior remote management capabilities.
Rackable Systems' offerings are designed for deployment in a wide
range of large-scale server farms, including those operated by high
performance computing, Web serving and financial services organizations.
"Low-power processors are a requirement
for many server clusters used in major computing deployments where
heat and power consumption have a considerable impact on ease of
deployment, total cost of ownership and system reliability," said
Tom Barton, president and CEO, Rackable Systems. "The AMD Opteron
processor's high memory throughput and improved input/output bandwidth
are ideal for our efficiency-focused server clusters, which must
quickly move and manipulate large amounts of data, while generating
less heat and consuming less power."
"Solutions such as those provided
by Rackable Systems, that produce substantially less heat and provide
significant power conservation, are gaining in popularity due to
their performance per watt, ease of management and cost savings," said
David Rich, director of HPC marketing at AMD. "The use of our
upcoming lower power AMD Opteron processors will continue to increase
Rackable Systems' ability to provide its customers with more configurable
products, with increased reliability, flexibility and savings."
Rackable Systems will demonstrate systems
featuring beta versions of the mid- and -low power AMD Opteron processors
at this year's Supercomputing Conference, Nov. 18-22, in Phoenix.
ABOUT RACKABLE SYSTEMS
Founded in 1999 and headquartered in San Jose, Calif., Rackable Systems
leads the industry in large-scale data center deployment solutions.
Through innovative design, patented technology and commitment to
customer service, the company offers a broad line of server products
that can be rapidly deployed in data centers and other demanding
IT environments. Serving leading-edge technology companies, universities
and research & development organizations, Rackable Systems' customers
include Cold Springs Harbor Laboratories, Deutsche Bank, Electronic
Arts, Google, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, nVidia, Pfizer,
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Sony America, Tellme Networks,
Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc., U.C.S.C. Human Genome
Project, U.S. Department of Justice, Webex and Yahoo!.
To learn more about Rackable Systems, go to www.rackable.com,
call 408-240-8300, or write to info@rackable.com.
Rackable Systems is a registered trademark of Rackable
Systems®, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective
holders.
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